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Ep 43 | Private AI: Big Data's Third Era with Sergio Gago

We’re entering a new era of Big Data defined by convergence—where on-premises and cloud systems come together to power trusted, private AI. By integrating AI with modern data architectures, organizations can harness the full value of their information, drive innovation, and enable a new wave of business outcomes in a rapidly evolving digital landscape. In this episode of The AI Forecast, Cloudera CTO Sergio Gago joins host Paul Muller to unpack the “third wave” of data and AI.

How to Solve Enterprise Reporting Challenges with Server-Side Processing

It’s 2 AM after the export workflow failed again. Your users are still waiting for their invoices because your team is in the office manually reformatting 500 of them. By morning, their compliance officer is busy calling when the system times out trying to generate a 100-page report. And before you’ve even had coffee, your biggest customer questions data accuracy because last month’s statement looks nothing like this month’s. The cost?

Connect Migration Utility: Convert Self-Managed Connectors to Fully Managed in a Few Minutes

Migrating from self-managed Apache Kafka connectors to fully managed connectors has been a persistent challenge for data teams working on Confluent Cloud. While Confluent-managed connectors deliver enterprise-grade features, seamless upgrades, and comprehensive support that add up to significant development and operations cost savings, the journey to get there often feels daunting and opaque.

Catching What Humans Miss: The Case for Automated Insights

As a product manager, you want analytics that add value without adding complexity. Automated insights do the heavy lifting inside your app, surfacing key changes for your users without making them dig. The result is happier customers, fewer support tickets, and more time for you to focus on roadmap and innovation.

What's New: Qlik Product Recap

Your teams don’t buy features; they buy outcomes. Speed to insight, trusted AI, lower TCO. That’s the lens for our Qlik Product Recap, a curated view of what’s new across Qlik and why it matters. We loved meeting many of you at Qlik Connect, and you’ll see several features we highlighted there plus everything we’ve shipped since, organized by the outcomes they enable. While Qlik Connect is a great moment to showcase innovation, it’s only one waypoint.

How to Automate E-commerce Webhooks with Low-Code Tools

Manual data handoffs, stale batch jobs, and brittle polling loops quietly erode margins in e-commerce. Orders, payments, and tickets arrive continuously, but the systems that should react—inventory, fulfillment, accounting, CRM—often lag. Webhooks fix the core bottleneck by pushing events when they happen instead of making your apps pull and check on a schedule. The result is fresher data, fewer race conditions, and leaner infrastructure.

Meet Spotter: Your Shortcut from Data to Decisions

Stop feeling overwhelmed by complex data. Spotter solves the challenge of not knowing where to start with large datasets. It translates raw data into simple, clear language—eliminating cryptic column names and confusing structures. With Spotter, you can: Just ask, and Spotter guides the way. See how Spotter turns complexity into clarity. Ready to see how trusted AI analytics can change your data game?

Beyond User-Based Pricing: How Flexible Analytics Licensing Accelerates Growth

You’re building the next generation of your product, but you’re not sure whether embedding analytics is the right move. The demand is clear: According to insightsoftware and Hanover Research’s Embedded Analytics Report, self-service analytics and managed dashboards are of key importance for nearly all embedded analytics buyers, in large part because customers expect data insights, dashboards, and reporting built right into your application.

AI is the New BI - Simplifying Data Analysis: How Spotter Answers 'What's in This Data?

Want to see data analysis simplified? In this clip from our AI is the New BI product spotlight, ThoughtSpot CEO Ketan Karkhanis demonstrates how Spotter answers the question “What’s in this data?” and guides you toward instant insights—turning raw data into real decisions without the complexity. See how Spotter delivers powerful, intuitive data intelligence right at your fingertips.

AI is the New BI - Meet the Agentic Analytics Era: AI That Drives Action

Insights to Actions, Powered by Agents: The Future of Analytics ThoughtSpot has launched the Agentic Analytics Platform, ushering in a new era of data exploration and decision-making. Designed to give every team member their own dedicated AI analyst, the platform connects automated, actionable insights across every device and business application—transforming every interaction into an intelligent experience.